Butter mold and wrapper



Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFics 8 Claims.

My invention relates to af-combination of a mold and wrapping means for butter and oleomargarine.

An important object of my invention is to provide a mold for such materials, with wrapping means mounted on the mold, to receive shaped material from the mold ready for wrapping. v

Another object is to provide dividing means for the mold, to divide into sections Abutter or oleomargarine shaped by the mold, in combina'- tion with wrapping means separable at the dividing means, to receive from the mold separate pieces of butter or oleomargarine and to envelop ythe separate pieces.

'25 designate similar parts in' the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan. view of an embodiment of my invention. f Y y Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 `of Figure 1.

30 Figure 3 is a face view of a double wrapper comprised in the invention, partly folded at right angles.

Figure 4 is a face view of the same wrapper, laid fiat and turned at right angles to Figure 3.

35 Referring more in detail tothe drawing, the reference numeral 5 generally designates a glass or other rectangular, transparent mold, having upwardly cupped handles or finger grips 6.

Ends 1 of the mold have sockets in which bent 40 ends 8 of wires 9 are sprung whereby the wires 9 are under their own spring tension. As will be noticed from Figure 1, the' bent ends 8 project toward each other, thus forming axes upon which the wires 9y move pivotally. The wires 9 may 45 thus be swung around the lower longitudinal edges of the mold.

A wire I0 is provided lengthwise of the mold, at the bottom thereof, and midway between the sides I2 of the mold 5. Another wire I3 is dis- 50 posed transversely of the mold, also at the bot- The inner faces of the ends 'I and sides I2 are recessed relatively short distances above the lower edges of said ends and sides, as shown at 4I and 42 respectively. Offset end portions I5 of the wire I3, and similar offset end portions Z at the ends of the wire I0, fit in the said recesses of the sides I2 and ends l respectively. Of course these wires have to be bent and sprung into the recesses, whereby they are firmly held in position at the bottom of the mold. l@

A lid I6 having a flat bottom I 'I and a dished top I8 is provided for the mold. The lid has a close sliding fit with the ends-and sides of the mold. A bowed handle I9 is mounted on the lid, for manipulation thereof. *t

Closing the bottom of the mold are folded wrapping means 2| and 22, such as sheets of the conventional waxed paper for wrapping butter and oleomargarine. Hereinafter, the wrapping means shall be referred to as sheets of paper, although it is to be understood that other suitablewrapping means may be employed, such as Cellophane. In Figures 3 and 4, the sheet of paper has been indicated by the reference number 2|, although paper 22is the same. 5

Preferably each sheet is perforated, as suggested at 23. This perforation is placed directly under the adjacent portion of the wire I0. In other words, the perforation of the sheet 2I is placed under and in vertical alinement with the right half of the wire I0, as shown in Figure 1, while the perforation of the sheet 22 is placed under and in vertical alinement with the right half of the wire I9, as shown in Figure 1.

Portions 24, 25, 26 and 2l of the sheets of paper cover the ends of quarter sections of butter or oleomargarine. These portions are folded back behind the body portions28 and 29 ofthe sheets 2| and 22 respectively. y

The sheets 25,22 together close the bottom of the mold. Folded edges of the sheets abut each other along the wire i3, as suggested at 30 in Figure l. To mount the sheets of wrapping paper on the mold, the wires 9 are swung downward from 'their positions shown in Figure 2. Then after the papers have been placed across the bottom and folded up the sides of the mold, as shown in the same iigure, the wires are swung upward against the sides I2 of the mold, as shown 50 in said Figure 2.

In the use of the device, oleomargarine, which has first been mixed with coloring matter, or butter is placed in the mold and packed down tight. The transparency of the mold permits 55 the user to see that air or water pockets have been expressed from the mass.

To expel the mass from the mold in quarter sections, the lid I6 is forced downward as the mold is lifted from its spport by means of the grips 6. These movements cause the wiresI l0, I3 to out the mass into substantially equal quarter sections. Two quarters will be on the sheet of wrapping paper 2l and the other two quarters will be on the other sheet of paper 22.

The sheets are then torn apart along the perforated lines 23, so that a quarter section of the material is on each half of a sheet of paper. Shaded areas 35, 3ft in Figure 4 represent two quarters of butter or oleomargarine.

After the sheets are torn along the perforated lines 23, the sections of the butter oroleomargarine are wrapped in their respective sheet portions. shaded rectangles 32, 33 and 34 are Wrapped around the butter or oleomargarine and the folded-under portions Ell, 25 cover the ends of the butter or oleomargarine section 35. The unshaded sections 3l, 38, 39 and the folded-under portions 2d, 25 are utilized to wrap the section 36.

Figure 4 represents only sheet 2l, but it is understood thatsheet 22 abuts alongside and is torn in halves to Wrap the two other quarters of thebutter or oleomargarine.

The present device is especially adapted for dividing and wrapping quarter pounds of oleomargarine in the home. The oleomargarine is usually an irregularly shaped mass after the housewife has mixed the coloring matter therein. The present device provides means for making it up into attractive sections, in simulation of butter quarter pounds.

While I have illustrated and described what I now regard as the preferred embodiment of my invention, the construction is', of course, subject to modifications Without departing from the spirit of my invention. I, therefore, do not wish i to restrict myself to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail myself of all modifications which may fall within the scope of the appended claims'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A mold having opposed recesses adjacent the normal bottom of the mold, a wire sprung into the recesses, and a lid fitting and slidable in the mold to expel butter or oleomargarine therefrom, as the wire divides same.

2. A mold having opposed recesses near the normal bottom of the mold, a wire sprung into the recesses, the wire being offset adjacent the portions in the recesses, and the remainder of the wire being substantially in the plane of the bottom of the mold, and a lid fitting and slidable in the mold to expel butter or oleomargarine therefrom, as the Wire divides same.

3. A mold for butter or oleomargarine, com- Referring again to Figure 4, the three un-l prising walls having an open bottom, means for holding a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper across the bottom, a wire disposed at the bottom to divide the butter or oleomargarine for the respective sheets, and a lid fitting and sliding in the mold to expel the divided parts of the mass from the mold, with said partsI of the mass in engagement with the sheets respectively.

4. A mold for butter or oleomargarine comprising Walls providing a discharge outlet, means at opposite sides of the discharge outlet for holding wrapping paper at the discharge outlet, said means being movable to a position in which it holds the paper and being movable therefrom to a paper-releasing position, and a member tting and sliding in the mold to expel butter or oleomargarine therefrom and against the paper, effecting movement of said means to the paperreleasing position thereof.

5. A mold for butter or oleomargarine comprising Wallsy providing a discharge outlet, means to engage opposite sides of a sheet of wrapping paper, said means being movable to a position in which it is arranged to hold the sheet at said discharge outlet, said meansI being movable from `its said paper-holding position by movement of the paper in a given direction, and a member fitting and sliding in the mold to expel butter oroleomargarine therefrom and against the paper in said direction to effect movement of said means to the paper-releasing position thereof.

6. A mold for butter or oleomargarine comprising Walls providing a discharge outlet, means on the walls at opposite sides of the discharge outlet for holding wrapping paper at the discharge outlet, said means being movable from its paper-holding position to a paper-releasing posi-- tion, and a member fitting and sliding in the mold to expel butter or oleomargarine therefrom and against the paper, effecting movement of said :1,

means to the paper-releasing position thereof;

7. A mold for butter or oleomargarinecomprising walls providing a discharge outlet, means bearing against outer faces of the Walls and arranged to clamp wrapping paper between sa'idf' means and said faces, said means being arranged to release the paper by movement of the paper in a given direction, and a member fitting and sliding in the mold to expel butter or oleomargarine therefrom and against the paper i-n` said between said means and the mold, said means be- Q5 in said direction, to effect release of the paper. 90

HARRISON C. NIETI-IAMER. 

